Kaluga customs officers seized tobacco products worth more than 1 million rubles
Published: March 28, 2024 12:00 AM
Kaluga customs officials discovered a large shipment of unlabeled tobacco products in an Obninsk store during an inspection in cooperation with representatives of the Kaluga Transport Prosecutor’s Office.
Customs officials discovered a large shipment of unlabeled tobacco products in a store in Obninsk during an inspection with representatives of the Kaluga Transport Prosecutor’s Office
The customs officers found more than 6.5 thousand packs of tobacco products of Russian and foreign production without mandatory Data Matrix code marking and without special excise stamps of the Russian Federation. The value of the seized illegal products is more than 1 million rubles
“Kaluga Customs actively cooperates with other law enforcement agencies to suppress illegal operations with tobacco products,” said Dmitry Krivko, head of Kaluga Customs.
Kaluga Customs
A criminal case under part 5 of article 171.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (sale of goods without labeling on a particularly large scale) is being considered against the entrepreneur. The maximum penalty under this article is imprisonment for up to 3 years with a fine of up to 120 thousand rubles
Ekaterina Zhdanova
Press-secretary of Kaluga Customs
ZhdanovaEG@ctu.customs.gov.ru
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